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PMFS Weekly Announcements, April 30 - May 7, 2010 May Calendar     Click here for the May calendar of PMFS events. You'll see it's a full month! May 12 Parent Coffee     Did you miss the Parent Coffee this week? There will be another one on Wednesday, May 12, 8-9am, in the Corson Lobby. Anne Javsicas and Tom Hoopes, Clerk of the Search Committee, will be there to discuss transitions at PMFS and answer any questions you may have. Website News     Help PMFS While You Shop - If you've heard about those PTO offerings that help earn money for PMFS -- Escrip, Giving Bean, Lands' End, Target, and Innisbrook -- but haven't quite signed on, you can do it now through the PMFS website. Here's your link to the PTO page called "Help PMFS While You Shop". Click here to check it out, sign up, and step on out to earn money for PMFS while running all those errands: Click here Wind in the Willows - Connect to information on dates, times, tickets right from the homepage. Look for the Look for the Wind in the Willows button with the blue bar: www.pmfs1780.org This Week's Events     Friday, April 30 and Saturday, May 1 6th grade musical: The Wind in the Willows, 7pm (a few tickets are available at the door) Tuesday, May 4 5th grade goes to Ampro Thursday, May 6 Part two of the Mexican Exchange begins: Colegio Williams students arrive! Friday, May 7 Kindergarten Party Reminder: Nominations for PTO Officers 2010-11     To the Parents and Faculty of Plymouth Meeting Friends School: We are looking for a few enthusiastic, energetic and generous parents to serve as Officers for the PMFS PTO (Parent Teacher Organization). We are seeking nominations for next year’s PTO Co-Clerk, Co-Treasurer, and Recording Clerk. If you have any questions, feel free to contact PTO Nominating Committee Co-Chairs, Barbara Hall or Susan King, at 215-843-3846 or barbara.hall@comcast.net or susan.king@comcast.net Please return the nominating form in the Red Folder or submit it to the PTO Mailbox in the Main Office no later than Monday, May 3, 2010. Submissions should be to the attention of Barbara Hall or Susan King. Thank you for giving careful consideration and your valuable time to the selection of your nominees. The Nomination Committee Free Program on the Delaware Valley Watershed     Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, a nonprofit organization acting to protect the Delaware River watershed, will present a program: "Gas Mining - What is there to be worried about?" This event will take place at Friends Select School on Wednesday, May 12 from 7 to 9 pm. Doors will open at 6:30. The program will inform the public about the environmental effects of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale. The event is co-sponsored by Protecting Our Waters, Philadelphia.       Presentations will address the effects of gas drilling on the environment in general and how it can affect Philadelphia’s water, the role of the Delaware Basin Commission, the actions of the Philadelphia City Council to protect the city, and what you can do. There will be a video presentation involving Josh Fox, filmmaker of Gasland, the Sundance Film Festival 2010 award winning documentary. A representative from the Philadelphia City Council and the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting will also participate.       The event is free and open to the public. It will be in the auditorium at the Friends Select School, 17th and the Parkway, Philadelphia.       For further information email dcs@mailhosts.net or call Marge Schab 212-410-2366.